Improving the Screening and Diagnosis of Delirium for Older adult Patients Admitted to Hillingdon Hospital

AIMS: The aim was for 80% of adults aged over 65 years to be screened for delirium at the point of admission to hospital. METHODS: Teaching sessions for doctors, nursing staff and healthcare assistants on delirium. Designed a new proforma using a more specific tool for screening delirium (4AT). Maki...

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Autores principales: Selladurai, Abiram, Habib, Mirette, Alston, Duncan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
Materias:
Quality Improvement
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10345297/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.315
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Sumario:AIMS: The aim was for 80% of adults aged over 65 years to be screened for delirium at the point of admission to hospital. METHODS: Teaching sessions for doctors, nursing staff and healthcare assistants on delirium. Designed a new proforma using a more specific tool for screening delirium (4AT). Making the clerking proforma and delirium screening tool more user friendly. RESULTS: Results have shown statistically significant improvement in the detection of delirium with a sample in October 2022 showing 68% of older adults admitted to Hillingdon Hospital having been appropriately screened for delirium. CONCLUSION: Current results suggest significant improvements with our interventions, however further progress is still required to reach our aims with regular data collection being paramount.

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